Show #9388 2025-09-10 (taped 2025-08-06) Regular

Paolo Pasco game 1.

Contestants

Leslie Oakerson — a financial services manager from Red Bank, New Jersey

Paolo Pasco — a puzzle writer originally from San Diego, California

Ian Morrison — an airline ramp agent originally from Aurora, Colorado (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,009)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ian	$2,800	$4,000	$10,000	$2,009 3rd place: $2,000	$10,000 23 R, 5 W
Paolo	$1,000	$2,400	$14,800	$20,001 New champion: $20,001	$18,800 20 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Leslie	$3,000	$3,600	$1,200	$2,200 2nd place: $3,000	$1,200 8 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

FINISH HIM!	A STONE QUARRY	PRESIDENTIAL DOIN'S	TV REBOOT CAMP	A QUICK WORKOUT	THE WORLD OF DOWNTON ABBEY
$200 [20] Man of letters Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills... (Oscar) Wilde Ian	$200 [29] Rami al-Jamarat, the ritual throwing of stones at this evil entity, is an obligation of the Hajj the devil Ian	$200 [28] Formed the Department of Homeland Security, appointed John Roberts as chief justice W. Bush Paolo	$200 [17] Originally played comedically by the actor of the same name, this character got dramatic in "Bel-Air" in 2022 Will Smith Paolo	$200 [30] Looking to get in some cardio without too much impact on your joints? Check out this machine named for the oval path your feet take an elliptical Ian	$200 [11] (Elizabeth McGovern presents the clue.) Because they had a similar task of maintaining transport, these were sometimes called motor grooms; but on "Downton Abbey"Tomgoes from motor groom to another kind of groom when hebecomes Cora & Robert's son-in-law chauffeurs Ian
$400 [8] Rags-to-riches Yves Henri Donat Mathieu... (Yves) Saint Laurent Paolo	$400 [22] These "stones" used as ballast by ships arriving in 18th c. Savannah were used to pave charming & bumpy streets cobblestones Ian	$400 [27] Brokered the Camp David Accords, signed SALT II Jimmy Carter Ian	$400 [7] Near 7-foot John DeSantis played Shaq--but not that Shaq--Frankenstein & Giant Mutant after taking on this part in "The New Addams Family" Lurch Ian	$400 [12] Strongman George Hackenschmidt popularized this chest exercise named for the equipment you lie on while performing it a bench press Leslie	$400 [13] (Hugh Bonneville presents the clue.) The real Downton Abbey is Highclere Castle& the real earl of the place in the early 1900s was Lord Carnarvon, remembered for financing the discovery of this; the Egyptian name of Robert's dog, Isis, is a tribute to that find the tomb of Tutankhamun Leslie
$600 [2] Acting up, Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus... (Kiefer) Sutherland Ian	$600 [19] The smaller markers in the foreground are called these footstones Paolo Leslie	$800 [25] Got impeached (that was a first), got saved from that by one vote in the Senate (also a first) Andrew Johnson Ian	$600 [1] Let's see if you can put things together quickly; Richard Dean Anderson had this title role in the '80s; Lucas Till built on it in 2016 MacGyver Paolo	$600 [9] RDL is short for the "Romanian" variation of this exercise, which can be done with a barbell or dumbbells deadlift Ian	$600 [14] (Elizabeth McGovern presents the clue.) The character of Corawas the genesis of "Downton Abbey" when Julian Fellowes read about the financially hard-up nobility finding American wives with money, such as Jennie Jerome, who became the mother of this great Brit Winston Churchill Leslie
$800 [3] Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios... de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz... (Pablo) Picasso Paolo	$800 [23] A Bolivian mine is the only commercial source of ametrine, a gemstone that, like its name, combines citrine &this other quartz variety amethyst Paolo	$1,000 [26] Blew it with the Alien & Sedition Acts, dealt with the XYZ Affair John Adams Ian	$800 [5] My dear guests! After giving up the dream & going off the air in 1984, Mr. Roarke gave way to Ms. Roarke on this reboot in 2021 Fantasy Island Ian Paolo	$800 [10] The open warehouse-style facilities of this fitness program are called "boxes"; the first one opened in California in 2001 CrossFit Leslie	$800 [15] (Michelle Dockery presents the clue.) Like many real stately homes during World War I, Downton becomes this kind of home; I explain to Grannyit's where people rest & recuperate & she inquires if there will be amputation in the dining room a convalescent home Ian Leslie
$1,000 [4] Storyteller Antoine Jean-Baptiste Marie Roger de... Saint-Exupéry Ian	$1,000 [24] The Star Gazers' Stonewest of Philadelphia was placed in early 1764 by these two men who specialized in line drawing Mason & Dixon Paolo	DD $1,200 [18] Gave the "Atoms for Peace" speech at the U.N., came up with a doctrine after the Suez Crisis Eisenhower Paolo	$1,000 [6] Robert Stack was untouchable as this lawman in 1959, as was Tom Amandes in 1993 Eliot Ness	$1,000 [21] If these bodyweight exercises popular in the military got the first name of the man who invented them, we'd all hate doing Royals burpees Paolo Leslie	$1,000 [16] (Hugh Bonneville presents the clue.) Despite Robert's reluctance, Downton gets a radio to listen to the King's speech; not the king in that movie, but this man--hisfather--who also pays us a visit in the first "Downton Abbey" film George V Leslie

Double Jeopardy! Round

HOPE GEOGRAPHY IS YOUR 4-TE	SHE WROTE THAT	FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLOSSARY	IN CONCERT	MEDIA ANNIVERSARIES	ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER
$400 [26] Like the Western U.S., Canada has a spot called this, where Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nunavut & the N.W. Territories meet the Four Corners Ian	$400 [27] "I think it (makes God angry) if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it" Alice Walker Ian	$400 [28] J: "A structure... extending into a sea, lake, or river to influence the current or tide" a jetty Ian	$400 [29] In 2023, Beyoncébrought this record-breaking concert tour to the big screen the Renaissance Tour Ian	$400 [30] This country's public radio began in 1925, as did 47 years of Uncle Svenon "Barnens brevlåda" ("Children's Mailbox") Sweden Leslie	$400 [5] To hear something with thoughtful attention & making no sound listen & silent Paolo
$800 [25] The 4 official languages of this city-state are English, Malay, Tamil & Mandarin Chinese Singapore Ian	$800 [9] "No need to add that my being happy in Forks is an impossibility" (Stephenie) Meyer Ian Paolo	$800 [24] D: "A region of low atmospheric pressure that is usually accompanied by low clouds & precipitation" a depression Paolo	$800 [23] In 2024 she launched her "Celebration of Mimi" concert residency in Las Vegas Mariah Carey Ian	$800 [22] In March 2025 Blake Shelton hosted a 100th anniversary celebration of this, which began as a radio show the Grand Ole Opry Ian	$800 [4] In the buff & a crescent-shaped sand mound nude & dune Ian
$1,200 [8] Of the four major islands of Japan, these two are separated by the Tsugaru Strait & begin with the same letter Honshu & Hokkaido Paolo	$1,200 [6] In the introduction to her diary, "The climax of our struggle... came when our first baby was kidnapped... on March 1st, 1932" Anne Morrow Lindbergh Ian	$1,200 [13] F: "A rapid & extreme flow of high water into a normally dry area... beginning within 6 hours of the causative event" a flash flood Paolo	$1,200 [18] Held simultaneously in London & Philadelphia, this1985 benefit concert raised millions of dollars for famine relief in Ethiopia Live Aid Paolo	$1,200 [11] Its 20th anniversary list of milestones includes a Pulitzer, contributions by Obama & Aniston & the loss of "ington" from the name HuffPo ( Huffington Post ) Paolo Leslie	$1,200 [2] A glowing streak in the sky & an adjective meaning distant meteor & remote Paolo
$1,600 [16] Of the 4 quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem, the one with a national name, not a religious one the Armenian Quarter	$1,600 [7] "Some day they'll go down together / They'll bury them side by side / To few it'll be grief / To the law a relief" Bonnie Parker Ian	$2,000 [15] F: "(or F scale)--a scale of tornado intensity" Fujita Paolo	$1,600 [19] During this group's farewell concert in 2015, Tommy Lee got stuck upside down when his drum kit roller coaster malfunctioned Mötley Crüe Paolo	$1,600 [12] This progressive mag turning 160 began as a kind of successor to another "The ____" publication, the Liberator, which ended in 1865 The Nation Ian Leslie	$1,600 [1] The main enemy of a novel's hero & a situation of no economic growth antagonist & stagnation Paolo
$2,000 [17] Many early Chinese immigrants to North America came from the four counties in the delta of this precious southern Chinese river the Pearl River	DD $3,300 [10] "He is jubilant as a flag unfurled--/Oh, a girl, she'd not forget him./My own dear love, he is all my world,--/& I wish I'd never met him" Dorothy Parker Paolo	DD $2,100 [14] I:"A line connecting points of equal pressure" an isobar Paolo	$2,000 [20] A photo of Paul Simonon smashing his bass during a 1979 concert ended up on the cover of this classic album London Calling Ian	$2,000 [21] MeTV began 20 years ago in Chicago, the home of this icon seen here, & went national in 2010 Svengoolie Ian	$2,000 [3] One bead of fluid from the lacrimal gland & an animal that attacks other animals teardrop & predator Paolo

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC PHRASES

In 1914 Belgium's queen gave this phrase a political meaning, saying one had descended between her & Germany

an iron curtain

Leslie "What is an Iron Curtain?" — wagered $1,000

Ian "What is a dark cloud?" — wagered $7,991

Paolo "What is iron curtain?" — wagered $5,201

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